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tempest@de · 01-17-2017, 07:52 AM

I bought the instant pot when it was reduced for the black Friday and I have to say I’m very satisfied with it, I used a stovetop pressure cooker so I’m familiar with pressure cooking, but what sold me to buy this one was the ability to program it, the slow cook function and the keep warm, the yoghurt function also comes in handy.

The days before It arrived I searched amazon for some cookbooks about the instant pot and slow cooking, as I never slow cooked before, and I was very disappointed with the recipes, most cookbooks I saw have ingredients like a packet of rice, a can of tomatoes, a bottle of juice or a packet of some kind of seasoning. A recipe like this is hard for me to do, since I have no idea what is the weight of a packet of rice, or how many liters there are in a bottle of juice, and also for me cooking is about adding fresh ingredients not adding proceeded ones, so I gave up on the cookbooks.

Then I researched in internet and found the hip pressure cocking site, and there I felt I could find recipes that work for me, also the site has several charts about the cooking times, so when I’m in doubt I go there to see what time I should cook that kind of food.

I’ve tried several of my own recipes, adapted from the stovetop pressure cooker, and some adapted from HIP pressure cook, loved the HIP roast and the spaghetti and meatballs, cooked in one pot.

Also used the slow cooker, the first time used chicken, potatoes and carrots, and the meat was great, very tender but the carrots where to soft and the potatoes where hard, so the second time I cut the potatoes in smaller chunks and the carrots in bigger ones, and put the potatoes in the bottom of the pan and it turned out great.

I’ve made yogurt several times, but I only use the second yoghurt function, I prefer to heat the milk in another device.

But what I love most about it is to come home and have the food ready to eat, even if I get home after what I expected I know that the food will be warm, so just for this it was worth the cost. Also I don’t have to keep watch over her and it doesn’t make noise or steam and doesn’t heat the kitchen, things that the stovetop pressure cooker did.
As for negatives, I found that with stew diches the sealing ring traps the smell, so I decided to buy another sealing ring to use with the yogurt.

I had a problem with my instant pot, as the sauté function didn’t work well, it never reached the «hot» so I couldn’t program anything in that function, I contacted amazon customer service, and they offered to send a replacement one, they send it with fast shipping and it arrived the next day, I’ve send the faulty one back and I’m waiting for them to confirm it’s arrival and to reimburse the shipping costs.

01-17-2017, 07:52 AM	#117
tempest@de Fanatic Posts: 528 Karma: 4503161 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Portugal Device: Kobo Glo, kindle	I bought the instant pot when it was reduced for the black Friday and I have to say I’m very satisfied with it, I used a stovetop pressure cooker so I’m familiar with pressure cooking, but what sold me to buy this one was the ability to program it, the slow cook function and the keep warm, the yoghurt function also comes in handy. The days before It arrived I searched amazon for some cookbooks about the instant pot and slow cooking, as I never slow cooked before, and I was very disappointed with the recipes, most cookbooks I saw have ingredients like a packet of rice, a can of tomatoes, a bottle of juice or a packet of some kind of seasoning. A recipe like this is hard for me to do, since I have no idea what is the weight of a packet of rice, or how many liters there are in a bottle of juice, and also for me cooking is about adding fresh ingredients not adding proceeded ones, so I gave up on the cookbooks. Then I researched in internet and found the hip pressure cocking site, and there I felt I could find recipes that work for me, also the site has several charts about the cooking times, so when I’m in doubt I go there to see what time I should cook that kind of food. I’ve tried several of my own recipes, adapted from the stovetop pressure cooker, and some adapted from HIP pressure cook, loved the HIP roast and the spaghetti and meatballs, cooked in one pot. Also used the slow cooker, the first time used chicken, potatoes and carrots, and the meat was great, very tender but the carrots where to soft and the potatoes where hard, so the second time I cut the potatoes in smaller chunks and the carrots in bigger ones, and put the potatoes in the bottom of the pan and it turned out great. I’ve made yogurt several times, but I only use the second yoghurt function, I prefer to heat the milk in another device. But what I love most about it is to come home and have the food ready to eat, even if I get home after what I expected I know that the food will be warm, so just for this it was worth the cost. Also I don’t have to keep watch over her and it doesn’t make noise or steam and doesn’t heat the kitchen, things that the stovetop pressure cooker did. As for negatives, I found that with stew diches the sealing ring traps the smell, so I decided to buy another sealing ring to use with the yogurt. I had a problem with my instant pot, as the sauté function didn’t work well, it never reached the «hot» so I couldn’t program anything in that function, I contacted amazon customer service, and they offered to send a replacement one, they send it with fast shipping and it arrived the next day, I’ve send the faulty one back and I’m waiting for them to confirm it’s arrival and to reimburse the shipping costs.